Francis, T. Ben


Publications
3

Verrucomicrobiota are specialist consumers of sulfated methyl pentoses during diatom blooms

Citation
Orellana et al. (2022). The ISME Journal 16 (3)
Names
“Seribacter sulfatis” “Fucivorax forsetii” “Fucivorax” “Mariakkermansia forsetii” “Mariakkermansia” “Chordibacter forsetii”
Abstract
AbstractMarine algae annually sequester petagrams of carbon dioxide into polysaccharides, which are a central metabolic fuel for marine carbon cycling. Diatom microalgae produce sulfated polysaccharides containing methyl pentoses that are challenging to degrade for bacteria compared to other monomers, implicating these sugars as a potential carbon sink. Free-living bacteria occurring in phytoplankton blooms that specialise on consuming microalgal sugars, containing fucose and rhamnose remain unk